The artwork from First Minister Alex Salmond's 2011 Christmas card has been sold at auction for charity. Bella Caledonia, by renowned Glasgow artist Alasdair Gray, went under the hammer at the city's ...

AFTER the Inferno, one of Scotland's greatest living writers and artists is preparing an artistic Thank You. Alasdair Gray, the writer of Lanark and celebrated designer and painter of portraits and ...

LAST year Alasdair Gray did the honours with Bella Caledonia, a fine and suitably pensive personification of the nation. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ...

Though fond of misdirection and teasing obscurity where his readers were concerned, Alasdair Gray was nothing if not proper about the details of book publishing. Knowledgeable and enthusiastic too.

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The SNP leader said he was delighted with the Bella Caledonia card which "personifies Scotland as a strong woman with a passion for social justice". A painting of the image will be auctioned for ...